Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. UKRAINE PRESIDENT BLAMES OPPOSITION LEADERS FOR ERUPTION OF VIOLENCE: Yanukovych says he has tried to compromise with protest leaders; EU calls emergency meeting as death toll rises to 25.

2. OBAMA ADMINISTRATION STRUGGLING FOR NEW STRATEGY ON SYRIA: As peace talks falter and civil war drags on, U.S. is reconsidering old ideas, including more help for Western-backed rebels.

3. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO GET FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES: Energy Department to approve $6.5 billion for plant in Georgia. When finished around 2018, it will be first in the U.S. in more than 30 years.

4. HOW INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE WOULD AFFECT EMPLOYMENT: Rise to $10.10 an hour by 2016 would give 16.5 million people a raise but cost about 500,000 jobs, Congress' nonpartisan analysts say.

5. SOCHI NOT ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: AP's Oskar Garcia finds that with Paralympics less than three weeks away, Olympic Park and its venues not entirely barrier-free.

6. WHERE CULTURE OF "ANYTHING GOES" ON THE ROAD IS BEING REINED IN: Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, is installing stoplights, road signs for the first time in effort to end traffic lawlessness.

7. WHAT IS WORSE THAN SNOW FALLING FROM THE SKY: City dwellers dealing with icicles, chunks of frozen snow raining down from skyscrapers. Architects say energy-efficient new buildings may be the worst.

8. NEW PRESIDENT WANTS TO SAVE IRAN'S BIGGEST LAKE: The tourist attraction and rest stop for birds has shrunk 80 percent in a decade because of expanded irrigation and construction of dams.

9. READ OUR 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT POWERBALL JACKPOT: Here's one: The odds of winning tonight's $400 million drawing, which are 1-in-175 million, don't change as the jackpot grows.

10. JIMMY FALLON'S DEBUT A RATINGS WINNER FOR NBC: "The Tonight Show" drew 11.3 million viewers Monday night, but fell short of the 14.6 million when Jay Leno signed off Feb. 6